Sticky orange and ginger chicken tray bake

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken thighs
  • 50g gochujang
  • 4 large sweet potatoes
  • 3 red onions, peeled and sliced
  • 5 cloves of garlic crushed
  • A few large chunks of ginger root
  • 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 oranges

1. Preheat an oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Rub the chicken thighs all over generously with the gochujang paste.
3. Peel and roughly chop the sweet potatoes and toss in a baking tray with the sliced red onion, garlic, ginger and rosemary, a generous coating of olive oil and season well.
4. Add the chicken to the oven tray and cook for 40 minutes or until the juices run clear.
5. Cut the oranges into segments and use to garnish before serving.
6. Squeeze the juice over the hot spicy chicken.

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a Kiwi chef living on the west coast of Ireland